2 definitions by ComicBookFacts
Animation geared towards adults, that offers mature story telling and more violent situations. Adult action cartoons are rare, but often have some great writing, very similar to the writing comic books offer. Adult action cartoons are basically the mature comic books we have today, only animated.
by ComicBookFacts September 25, 2014
A book of collected comics. The difference between a trade paperback and a graphic novel is that the graphic novels come out as stand-alone books, whereas trade paperbacks come out as comics first and then are collected as trade paperbacks.
by ComicBookFacts May 6, 2014